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The Crime at Black Dudley
- An Albert Campion Mystery
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
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Summary
When George Abbershaw is invited to Black Dudley Manor for the weekend, he has only one thing on his mind - proposing to Meggie Oliphant. Unfortunately for George, things don't quite go according to plan. A harmless game turns decidedly deadly and suspicions of murder take precedence over matrimony. Trapped in a remote country house with a murderer, George can see no way out. But Albert Campion can.
About the author: Margery Allingham was born in London in 1904. Her first novel was published when she was 17. In 1929 she published The Crime at Black Dudley and introduced the character who was to become the hallmark of her writing - Albert Campion.
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- 16-08-15
Comforting and satisfying but not exactly best.
Somewhat overly complicated plot but pretty good light hearted enjoyment. Read in an attempt to find Agatha Christie replacement, not as good as christie but still a reasonable comforting mid war country house mystery.
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- Simple24
- 21-05-19
Black Dudley so did Niago Marsh take the idea
FROM Allingham or was it the other way round. Either way a man lay dead.
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- Kris
- 20-09-15
Makes Albert Campion sound like a squeaky puppet
Sorry, love the books, really, really didn't like the narrator. I've just been through and bought all the Francis Matthews ones I can find before they disappear too.
(Nothing against David Thorpe - just not in this period or for this author)
(Did he narrate this one before reading the rest, I wonder?)
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- Jenny B
- 23-02-21
Fun book, mixed performance
Enjoyed this early Margery Allingham. Performance OK but female voices read in a distractingly pantomimey way.
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- Cathy Swanson
- 22-05-20
Gripping crime story.
A thoroughly enjoyable read, twists and turns in the detailed plot meant I found it hard to put down. Looking forward to the next in the series. v
Very well narrated.
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- Stephanie
- 04-10-21
Enjoyable historic period crime story
A bit silly in places but overall I enjoyed it. One particular characters voice got irritating due to it being so over the top and exaggerated.
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- Yael G.
- 08-03-21
Ok to pass the time
The story is quite nice, but there are a few old fashioned stereotypes of women which I find pretty hard to stomach (women being referred to as "girls"; woman getting hysterics and turning to men for help all the time, etc)
The reader is also a bit challenging. He uses a sing-song intonation at times which I find annoying and some of the characters have a very unpleasant screechy voice. Even if the character is described to have an unpleasant voice, the description is enough for us readers to get the picture, we don't need to be dragged through the full unpleasant experience.
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- wee scottie
- 06-08-20
not for me
Found it a boring storyline , but good varied narration by David kept me going
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- JED
- 06-09-21
Wish I had read this first
I was worried I would not like this as Campion not main character. But I should not have worried. I wish I had read it first as it's sets up the quirky nature of Campion and would have made the rest in the series her to follow. A good story, narration and topsy turvy murder mystery. Well worth my credit.
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- Dr Featherweight
- 20-04-23
Showing its age.
I’ve read much of Marjorie Allingham’s work in the past, including this one, but I have to say this hasn’t aged well. Firstly, I found the plot incredibly contorted- frankly it felt as though she didn’t know how to finish it. Secondly - yes, I know times have changed, but at 70, I really can’t cope with the antisemitism of the era.
Didn’t mind the narrator’s interpretation of Albert Campion: he is meant to come over as a bit of a twit at this stage. But I really couldn’t stand either the ridiculous German bad guy or his henchman, and I’m afraid the women’s voices were dodgy too.
Disappointing.
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